Volume 27 Number 2 A Quarterly Publication of Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Winter 2013-14

1st Annual

Michiana Student Teacher Day

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We’re planning another super-secret garage sale in our new Burr Ridge ware-house on Sunday, February 9th from 10AM-2PM. The retail store will NOT be open, but directors and their students can receive a special door code to gain access to our warehouse for this special event. Last year’s event drew a huge crowd despite the cold and snowy weather! There will also be UNBELIEVABLE-Garage Sale pricing on many items in-cluding Professional, Intermediate, Background, and Student Instruments—New & Used. You will also find hundreds of accesso-ries specially priced for that day...lots of close-outs too! All “vintage” Band & Orchestra Music in our warehouse will be on sale at 80% off too! See your QF rep for your special code starting January 31st.

On Wednesday, November 16th, twenty-five student teachers gathered at QF-Mishawaka for a day specially dedi-cated for them. Students from Andrews University, Ball State University, Bethel College, Indiana State University, Southwestern Michigan College, and Valparaiso University attended a full day of programming. This event has been a QF perennial event for several decades in the Chicago area, but the first time we have been able to hold a similar event in the Michiana area and we were delighted with the response! Our QF repair staff handled several ses-sions regarding Emergency Instrument Repair. Mike Sterk is shown below discussing some of the “Do’s and

Don’t’s o f w o o d -w i n d repair”. He was j o i n e d by col-leagues K e v i n

Rouch (strings) & Rod Myers (brass). QF President, George Quinlan Jr pro-vided a session on the Three R’s - Re-cruiting, Retention, and Relationships stressing the importance of these key ingredients of a successful music pro-gram. He was joined by Dr. Charles Menghini of VanderCook College of Music for a session entitled “Success Through Professionalism”.

Dr. John Hill of Elkhart Public Schools provided a wonderful session on “Resume Tips and Preparation for Inter-views” for the prospective future teach-ers.

“My First Year Teaching” was a fun and interesting session provided by Kathy Lambright of Jimtown JHS.

Allison Snyder of Indiana State Univer-sity commented “I was very pleased with the program. I had all of my ques-tions answered and it was a very pleas-ant atmosphere!” “Very informative and engaging - a day well spent for my students” said Dr. Jonathan Korzun of Southwestern Michigan College. The Chicagoland Student Teacher Day will be held in Burr Ridge, IL on Tues-day, Februrary 25th. The event is open to all college students and recent college graduates. Contact your QF rep for de-tails and registration.

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Midwest Clinic Reflections By George Quinlan, Jr.

Many of us enjoy the Midwest Clinic as a delightful December ritual that re-mains a constant in our ever-changing lives. A time to refresh, learn new things, strengthen our relationships, and ease into the Holiday season.

The 67th Annual Midwest Clinic was no exception. The IL-IN-MI was well rep-resented with fine performances by school ensembles from McCracken MS (Skokie) - Chip DeStefano, Lockport HS - Brian Covey & Andrew Beckwith, Wheeling HS-Brian Logan, Creekside MS-Wendy Higdon & Chris Grifa, VanderCook College of Music—Dr. Charles Menghini & Stacey Lar-son Dolan, Naperville North HS-Dan Moore & Brian Van Kley, and of course, the Michigan State University Wind Symphony.

Professional musicians from the Chicago Symphony Brass section, Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, and the Chicago Chamber Musicians performed as well. Bryan Miller of Leyden HS conducted two reading sessions and Huntley HS Wind Ensemble—Nick Konwerski and Franklin MS Orchestra (Wheaton) - Carrie Provost participated in a Re-hearsal Lab Sessions. Many area educa-tors participated in educational sessions as well including: Greg Bimm, Ken Snoeck, Rachel Maxwell, Richard Dunscomb, Rob Parton, Rebecca Op-penheim, Brayer Teague, Bill Koch, Steve Nendza, Thomas Bough, Phillip Serna, Enrique Vilaseco, and my friend and Downbeat magazine editor, Frank Alkyer.

A very s p e c i a l treat was provided by East-man Mu-sic Com-pany - maker of the new 5 2 n d

Street Saxophones. Joining the Mark

O’Connor Quartet at the QF reception was the legendary Bob Mintzer. Mark serves on the QF Advisory Board and is a prominent teacher and saxophonist in the Chicago area.

Another personal highlight was seeing the recognition of the Music Industry award to NAMM president and CEO, Joe Lamond. During Joe’s leadership, NAMM has spearheaded many of the most successful music advocacy efforts in history including the creation of the Support Music Coalition, the “Washington DC Fly-In” national lobby-ing efforts for Music Education, and has played a prominent role on the Music Achievement Council. Bravo-well de-

served! You make the Music Industry proud of our partnership with Music Education!

Finally, as many of you may know, the Midwest Clinic was founded over six

decades ago by a college, a music pub-lisher, and a music retailer. The college, VanderCook College of Music has per-formed at every Midwest Clinic since it’s conception. (I proudly have served on the Board of Trustees for many years).

The publisher, Kjos relocated to sunny California but still is represented on the Midwest Board of Directors by Mark Kjos.

The retailer, Lyons Music no longer exists but the Midwest Board of Direc-tors has typically included a retailer for many years including Howard Lyons, Ziggy Coyle, & Denny Senseney. I am very proud and honored to have been invited to serve on the Midwest Clinic Board of Directors starting in 2014 and look forward to helping to carry on the proud tradition of excellence of this or-ganization.

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Stork Report...Joseph and Sara Shepherd are the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl. Cadence

Moriah was born September 29th. Joey is the director at Whitko Community Schools, South Whitley, IN. Brian Blocker – Highland Band – and his wife, Jelena welcomed their first child, Keirin Daniel, weighing in at 10lb 8oz, 21.5” Mike Satterthwaite (Adams Central) is a New Grandfather! His Son Alex & wife Heather recently gave birth to a baby boy, Brody. Congratulations Ray & Jennifer Kirk! Their son Calvin Alexander was born September 12th. Ray is the band and orchestra director at Clay Intermediate Center. Congratulations to Bart & Jen Roberts! They are expecting a baby in 2014. Samuel John Sterk was born on September 10 to Jeremy & Kim Sterk. Jeremy is the band director at Tri-County Jr/Sr HS. Congratulations to the proud parents!! Wedding Bells...Congratulations to

J a m e s a n d McKayela Hornor. They were married on October 11th. James is

band director at Mishawaka Catholic and is also a drumline instructor at Adams HS and Triton. McKayela teaches music at Montessori Academy in Mishawaka. Congratulations to Jimtown Band Director Kathy Lambright on her December 28th marriage to Nick Baughman! May you have many happy years together. Jay Lowry – Hanover Central Band – had a busy fall – moving into his brand new home with new wife, Stephanie (married in October). Congratulations to Danny Jackson and Lindsey Cunningham! They became engaged this fall. Danny is the band director at Oregon Davis Schools and met Lindsey at Ball State while in the marching band together. Congratulations to Stephanie Velzke and Adam Karnik. They became engaged over the Thanksgiving Holiday. Stephanie is the Band and Orchestra director at South Bend Career Academy and Adam works in our Quinlan & Fabish Stevensville store. They attended Concordia together and became better acquainted at the Q&F Mishawaka Store Grand Opening. The rest is history!

Congratulations to Kelso Daning & Gayle Arend on their recent engagement! Kelso is the Director of Bands for the Rensselaer Schools and Gayle is the Band and Choir Director for Central Catholic Jr/Sr HS in Lafayette. New Faces, New Places...Congrat-ulations to Gayle Arend on her new position as Band & Choir Director at Central Catholic Jr/Sr HS in Lafayette! On the Road Again...Clinton HS

Marching Band from Clinton, MI performed at Ford Field (Home of the Detroit Lions) as

part of the Michigan State HS football playoffs on Thanksgiving weekend. The band is under the direction of Bill Murray. The performance was the

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2014 MICHIANA OUTSTANDING MUSIC EDUCATOR AWARD NOMINATION BALLOT

Nominee’s Name School I feel this candidate should be considered because Respectfully submitted by:

Please return before March 1st to: Quinlan & Fabish Music Company Attn: Award Nominations

130 W Edison Road-Mishawaka IN 46545 or send e-mail: gqjr@QandF.com

selection committee comprising pre-vious winners.

Michiana Outstanding Music Educator Award Winners

Vince Arizzi

Karen Braden John Bradford Kathy Brannen

Jeff Carnall Sandy Carnall Steve Cotten

Jim Deal Jeff Doebler

Susan Ellington Quincy Ford

Chris Harmon Jeff Hatfield

Karen Hershberger Cindy Huff

Phil Huff Ed King

Tim Kopf Leta Sena-Lopez

Max Mault Alan Mitchell

Glenn Northern Steve Peterson Dan Pritchett

Steve Reed Tom Reed

Keith Rudolph Cindy Schnabel Tom Schnabel Johann Sletto

Christina Wedow Snyder Scott Spradling

Chuck Steck Mickey Stisher

Bill Timmerman

Please take time to nominate an important colleague or mentor for this worthy recognition. Winners will be announced in the Summer issue of Quarter Notes and presented at our awards cere-mony at our annual reading ses-sion/golf outing in July.

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It’s often said that being recognized by your peers for outstanding work is the ultimate compliment. Have you often wished you had a special way to thank an important mentor or colleague who helped you advance in your career? Do you wish to recognize an up and coming “superstar” in your area? Now’s your chance...nominate that person for this special award. We proudly announce the opening of nominations for this prestigious award. We began a similar tradition in 1989 to recognize excellence in the music education profession in the Chicagoland area. Since the inception over 130 teachers have been recognized fo r the i r outstanding contributions to Music Education. You will find a nomination form above. You can also use our website, and e-mail y o u r n o m i n a t i o n t o u s (gqjr@QandF.com). Take a moment and complete the nomination form before March 1st. Your nominations will be sent to a

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ment was when our young conductor lead the Rise and Shine Orchestra - in-cluding members of the Chicago Symphony- in Merle Isaac's Apollo Suite. I can tell you that

that piece was performed with as much love as genuine musicians have for one another. Big smiles were in abundance. Imagine his future bio – at age 9 he conducted members of the Chicago Symphony… Then, immediately after the concert, I shouted ideas for the next concert and a couple things seemed to get the strongest response: that next year we perform Hoedown from Rodeo which then inspired the suggestion that we go FULL ORCHESTRA!!! Already enough wind, brass, and percussion musicians have agreed to join the group to make it possible. Let's DO it. And, let's go BIG! This summer June 21 will be on a Saturday. If we play at 10:00AM on a Saturday at Daley Plaza we won't have the same foot traffic that we had last summer. So, let's bring our own fans with us. Encourage your friends and relatives to attend the con-cert. There is a slight chance the concert may be at Millennium Park - slight. The City of Chicago and Rush Hour Concerts are working on that possibility right now which gives us another reason to think BIG! We have time that - given the nature of the CAN DO crowd that we are - all things are possible. The more that show up the stronger the message we send to our future orchestra friends. Here's what I mean. To me, my inspiration for Rise and Shine is to build on the theme of the public music festi-vals once held in downtown Chicago in the late 1800's that featured orchestras numbering in the hundreds. This is back when Cincinnati and Chicago were competing to be the cul-tural center of the Midwest. The CITIZENS OF CHICAGO (the past of which we will someday be among) hosted music festivals of

Discounted Instruments now Available! WHEW! The Midwest instruments are now secure and available for purchase at substan-tial discounts. We provided more basses and cellos than ever this year so the selection is wide ranging – top of the line fractional vio-lins and violas, full size cellos, and, either 3/4 or 7/8 basses. I’ve already received notes of thanks from the directors who used them and they mentioned their appreciation for the quality of instruments available to them for these performances. Now it’s your turn to take advantage of another of the many bene-fits we get from having the Midwest Confer-ence in our hometown.

Chicagoland Educator Orchestra

The collective energy of a mixture of genera-tions of orchestra teachers is vibrant. The Chicagoland Educator Orchestra is demon-strative proof that the Midwest verve is back. What a great room to be in when this group gathers. Bravo to you all!

From the Vendors Thank you for stopping by the vendor booths at Midwest! Your presence there enables me to garner the attention I need to keep Quinlan and Fabish on the vanguard of the string in-strument industry. For example, maybe you

noticed the Mittenwald, Germany made Leonhardt Montagnana cello at the Eastman booth? WOW! What an amazing cello. I ordered it last summer specifically for the Eastman Midwest booth. When Lynn Latham played it in her session, that was the first time I had had the chance to hear it. What a great sounding cello and it is made of beautiful wood. Someone is going to end up with a cello which, not only sounds amazing, it looks amazing too. Check it out:

Rise and Shine! Yes! Again! Last week I received word from both the Executive Director and the Artistic Devel-opment Director of Rush Hour Concerts that they not only would again like the Rise and Shine Orchestra to participate in Make Music Chicago event on June 21, But (*ahem*), they asked me to lead the group.

Sorry Ricardo. It's great news. The continuing response I have received since last June has been sin-cerely overwhelming. Now, to do it again! When I initially chose the literature for last year, I had no idea who would actually show up. So, I chose literature for all per-forming levels including first concert mate-rial. And, how beautifully tender the mo-

Lloyd Palmiter, our String Specialist, brings extensive knowledge to our company stem-ming from his twenty years experience teaching orchestra and cello; serving as a clinician and consultant for Conn-Selmer; and, from his experience as general manager of the Wil-liam Harris Lee Workshop. Remaining active as a clinician and teacher, Lloyd directs the Silver Strings Ensemble that consists of adult learners of the stringed instruments and has performed at the Midwest Clinic in Chicago. One of his specialties, orchestral workshops tracing the elements of the making of a stringed instrument and associating those to the elements necessary to produce quality tone on a stringed instrument, have become very popular with our Illinois and Indiana teachers. To schedule a workshop or step-up day, call

his office at our Burr Ridge location. He visits all store locations regularly and is available by appointment to individually help you and your students find just the right instrument. You’ve see Lloyd at conferences of IMEA, MENC, ASTA, Violin Society of America, and at the International Exhibition of violinmakers in Cremona, Italy, where he will be scouting to bring you the best quality instruments available from all over the world!

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highlight of their 2 0 1 3 m a r c h i n g season.

Leo HS led by Bob Myers was honored to perform at Disney's Magic Kingdom, during the Thanksgiving holiday break. Angola HS led by Kevin Fogle will be participating in Disney Magic Music Days over the Christmas Break! The South Shore Orchestra, directed by Troy Webdell, travelled to China over the Christmas Break for their fourth Annual Tour. Lavon Oke and the Penn HS Orchestra will be traveling to Florida this April to perform at Disneyland. The McCutcheon HS Marching Band directed by Dan Peo traveled to Cedar Point in Mid-October to perform in one of the parades and to enjoy the

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park. They also hosted the IBA All-Region MS Honor Band recently. The Harrison HS Marching Militia Band travelled to Kings Island and performed in the park. The band is directed by Steve Cotten & Doug Koleszar. Jay Dennison and the Delphi HS Marching Band participated in the Delphi Christmas Parade in early December. In addition, The Delphi Eighth Grade Band performed at several area nursing homes during the first few weeks of December to help spread holiday cheer. Sp ec ia l Reco g ni t io n . . .H ea t her Marshall – Westville Band – was named Vandercook College of Music’s 2013 recipient of the Roseanne Rosenthal Excellence in Teaching award Congratulations to the Indiana Band Masters All-Region Honor Bands guest conductors Tim Carnall, Murray Weaver, Bill Leather,& Chris Paulson for their November performances.

Congratulations to Tony Strebig for being selected as "teacher of the year" at Woodside MS. Tony was also nominated by the Fort Wayne Philharmonic Orchestra as an "Outstanding Music Educator" in 2012. Congratulations to Gary Kurtis at Clay HS! He was voted teacher of the year. Jazzy News...The Rossville HS Jazz Band, directed by Scott Abbott, will be competing in the Purdue University Jazz Festival in January. Good Luck! The Merrillville HS Jazz Band under the direction of Mark Danielson will be performing at the South Suburban College Jazz Fest in February. The Benton Central HS Jazz Band will be performing at the Purdue University Jazz Festival. The band is directed by Michael Richardson. The Knox HS Tomahawk Jazz Ensemble will participate in the Purdue University Jazz Festival. The Ensemble is directed by Darren Day.

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Randy Ripley played with Jazzmin II at Vineland in St. Joe Michigan. Randy plays drums and is the band director at Stanley Clark School.

Fall Activities and recognition…Bryan Ames & Lisa Wallyn at Plymouth HS

hosted the annual Harvest Festival band competition in October. It turned out to be a rainy event but there were excellent bands from all

around the area performing into the evening in spite of the weather. Dan Balog, Jeff Gorman & Kelly Rider, band directors at Riley HS hosted ISSMA marching invitational at Jackson Field where many fine bands from all over the area participated. Memorial HS and director, Kurt Weimer hosted their inaugural Crimson Charger Marching Band Invitational October 12th under near perfect skies at Charger Stadium. The invitational featured outstanding performances by many of the local marching bands. Dawn Forsythe was spotted at Soldier Field with her husband, Jeff at the Bears Lions game on November 10th. September 27th was a busy Friday for Bill Brown, Chad Gard and Dave Weirich at Culver Academies. They kicked off “Parents Weekend” with seven performances in six venues that day! Susan Walker & Mark Druyos hosted the IBA Regional Honor Band on N o v e m b e r 2 4 t h a t L a S a l l e Academy. Many students and directors from all over the area helped make this a successful event. Elkhart Christian Academy Director of Bands, Bret Deardorff presented the “Fall Festival of Praise” Concert October 8th. The concert featured performances by the Middle School Band and Choir, Chamber Choir, and Orchestra. Pam Allen directed the Middle School Choir and Laura Johnson directed the Orchestra. The concert also featured the introduction of the Elkhart Christian

Academy Jazz Band directed by Bret Deardorff. Goshen College Orchestra Director Dr. Christopher Fashun presented his Fall Concert November 1st at Sauder Hall. The performance included “A Night on Bald Mountain” and the Midwest premiere of “Moon Shadows” by Michael Udow. The annual Elkhart Central HS String Festival was held October 16th. The

performance featured the Beginning Orchestra under the direction of Jeff Hatfield & Kyle Miller accompanied by Sharon Stauffer, Combined North Side MS and Pierre Moran MS 7th Grade Orchestras, Combined North Side MS and

Pierre Moran MS 8th Grade Orchestras, and the Central HS Chamber and Symphony Orchestras directed by Kyle Weirich. The concert concluded with Mouret’s “Rondeau” by the combined orchestras. Bethany Christian School held their Fall Instrumental Concert October 17th. The HS and MS Bands were directed by Sherry Good and the Orchestras were directed by Stacy Farran. The performance included “Finale from Symphony No.5” and “Serenade in Strings” by the orchestras, and “Two Minute Symphony” and “El Capitan” by the bands. The Tippecanoe School Corporation

South Side Fall Music Festival was held on October 22. Participating groups included: McCutcheon HS Bands-Dan Peo, the Southwestern MS Bands-Tom Eisan, the Wainwright MS Bands-Katherine Tackett, and the Wea Ridge MS Bands-Ryan Burnette. The Elkhart County Symphony will be performing “The Power of Love” Saturday February 15th at the Lerner Theater. The Symphony celebrates love in words and music with the moving story of “The Velveteen Rabbit” set to Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite, with more selections illustrating the many faces of love. The concert features narrator Dave DuFour and guest conductor Brian Groner. The Goshen HS Orchestras and directors Susan Ellington, Sean Patrick, & Kate Truscello, presented their Symphonic Sounds of the Season concert December 8th. The concert featured the Crimson Concert, Philharmonic, Camerata, and Symphonic Strings Orchestras. The performance concluded with a performance of “Carol of the Bells” by the combined orchestras. Pierre Moran MS and directors Dan Burton, Kyle Miller, Scott Garner, Carus Shaffer, & Kyle Weirich

presented their Winter Band & Orchestra Concert D e c e m b e r 4 t h . Compositions performed included “Believe and Gloucestershire Wassail”

by the orchestra and “Drums on the Housetop” and “African Bell Carol” by the band. West Side MS and directors Tim Carnall, Rebecca Yoder, Jake Robaska, and Melissa Green presented their Winter Band and Orchestra Concert December 11th. Compositions performed included “Still, Still, Still” and “Sleigh Ride” by the band and “The Huron Carol” and “Christmas Fiddlers in the Hall” by the orchestra. Central Noble HS led by Laura Tomlinson was honored to host the Ft.

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Dr. Cate Flute Clinics Dr. Cate Hummel will be presenting flute mas-ter classes at each of the Michiana stores. Great opportunity to learn from one of the areas most renowned teach-ers!

Fort Wayne January 21, 2014

4:30-6:30

Mishawaka March 4, 2014

4:30-6:30

Stevensville February 4, 2014

5:00-6:30

Valparaiso March 11, 2014

4:30-6:30

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Wayne Philharmonic in December for a Holiday Pops concert. Dan Fortlander and four other teachers at John Glenn HS had their rock group

perform for “Falloween”. They play for school events occasionally and Dan plays the drums. Dave Weirich performed a recital of saxophone & clarinet on September 22nd. He performed literature by French, German and American composers including the Gershwin song “Summertime” which he arranged. Cameron Banks orchestra director at Washington HS had his group perform at the Sterling House on November 1st. Nathanael Sudduth and Laville Marching Band performed in the Santa parade in South Bend on December 7th. D e n n i s G a m b l e a n d K a l e b

Chamberlin had the Mishawaka HS pep band play at a Bethel basketball game on November 6th. Denise Kuehner directed the Clay HS orchestra in the show “Once on this Island” on December 5th through 7th. The South Bend Youth Symphony kicked off the season with a performance on Sunday November 3rd. Robert Boardman directs the Youth Symphony Orchestra and Emilie Grondin directed the Youth Concert Orchestra. The Lafayette Christian JHS Band will be performing at the Indiana Veteran’s Home in Lafayette. The band is directed by Cedric Knox. Scott Abbott and Rossville Jr/Sr High School recently hosted the IBA All-Reg io n H igh Scho o l Ho no r Band. Unfortunately the concert for this event was cancelled due to the November storms. Jim Bertucci and the Clinton Prairie

JHS Concert Band will be performing in the Mistletoe Music Fest at the Indianapolis Arts Garden. Kurt Weimer directed the combined 6th grade bands from West Side MS and North Side MS. Directors Lynne Gwin and Tim Carnall conducted the

combined 7th grade bands and 8th grade bands. Director Jake Robaska conducted the Memorial HS Jazz Band which included a

performance of “Big Noise from Winnetka”. The Festival concluded with a performance of the school fight song by the combined middle school and high school bands. The American String Teachers Association held their annual Northern Indiana All-Region Middle School Orchestra program at Penn HS in November. Kathleen Swayze, from Zionsville MS,conducted the Allegro Orchestra and Elisabeth Ohly-Davis, from Northview MS, conducted the Vivace Orchestra. Local middle school directors who assisted as sectional coaches included Jeff Hatfiled, Dorothy Carnall, April Oppenheim, Karen Braden, Anne Marie Watts, Sean Patrick, Kate Truscello, & Kyle Miller. The Grissom MS string orchestra and director Joy Karesh presented their Fall Orchestra Concert in November. Selections performed included “Boil ‘em Cabbage Down”, “Boogie Man Blues”, and “Dragonhunter”. The Discovery MS Orchestras and director Anne Marie Watts presented their Fall Concert on October 30th. Selections performed included “Scotland Burning! Are you Sleeping?”, “Night Ride”, and an Anne Watts original composition titled “Allegro Pablo” . The Goshen MS Bands presented their Winter Concert on November 25th under the direction of Max Mault, Mel Carpenter, Tom Cox, Josh Kaufman & Steve Snyder. Selections preformed included “Santa on the Housetop”,

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orchestras in the hundreds and cho-ruses in the thou-sands. I a s k ,

“What did they have that we don't have too?” In our day we have trains to ride to get down-town, places to park our motorized vehicles, and toilets that flush! (Hopefully) So, let's DO it! Why not?!! To keep in touch about the Rise and Shine Orchestra performance and updates, there is a group on Facebook called “Rise and Shine Orchestra”. You can check in there and also check the page www.rushhour.org or the page www.makemusicchicago.com. The sooner you get involved, the sooner and BIG-GER the plans that unfold. One thing I’m looking into is to find donors to purchase the music we will perform. Then, at the conclu-sion of the concert, we donate the music to

growing orchestra programs in need. For things like this to happen, I need your sup-port and willingness to join the Facebook page and register with Rush Hour as a Rise and Shine participant. Our numbers matter. In fact, that so many of you showed up last year has enlivened support from varying and unexpected sources. We can be indentified as “the power of the people” when we proac-tively show up and perform showing our appreciation to the CITIZENS OF CHI-CAGO for giving us such a strong orchestral tradition upon which to build toward our

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“Northridge Overture”, “A Christmas Trilogy”, “Celtic Bell Carol”, and “The Polar Express”.

The Thomas Edison HS and River Forest HS Jazz Bands will be performed a s h a r e d h o l i d a y c o n c e r t i n December. James Wasmundt directs the Edison Bands while Bridget Fine directs the River Forest Bands. Jeremy Sterk and The Tri-County Marching Cavaliers participated in the Remington Christmas Parade in Early December. The Winamac HS Marching Band participated in the Winamac Winter Wonderland Parade in December. The band is directed by Elaina Sutton. Darren Day and the Knox HS Jazz Bands performed for the Grand Opening of the Knox Public Library’s new children’s wing. Kate Truscello conducted the Youth Honors Orchestra’s Concert Orchestra on the November 24th presentation of “Americana”. The YHO Symphony Orchestra was directed by Josh Aerie. The program included performances of “Fanfare for the Common Man”, “Ashokan Farwell”, and “Symphony No.9 From the New World” Steve Cotten from Harrison HS in

Lafayette will be speaking to Secondary Music Education Studen ts a t DePauw University in Greencastle, IN. Steve will discuss the art of scheduling the year for

the high school band and integrating jazz into the band program. The following schools participated in Purdue University’s 2013 Band Day: Benton Central HS-Michael Richardson, Harrison HS-Steve Cotten & Doug Koleszar, West Lafayette HS-Don Pettit, Edison HS-James Wasmundt, Attica HS-Joel Good, and Seeger Memorial HS-Patrick Teykl. Congratulations to the Homestead HS Spartan Alliance from Fort Wayne. The

band qualified and competed at the 2013 ISSMA State Marching Band Finals under the direction of Steve Barber & Brad Wadkins. It is the 27th year in a row that the band has participated at the State Marching Band Finals. At 291 members, the band is the largest in the history of Homestead HS. Lake Central HS – Chris Harmon, Dave Nelson - had a successful marching 2013 – ISSMA 4th Place in Class A and a successful run in Bands of America finals. Chesterton HS – Mike Scheiber and Vince Arizzi – marching band – won the inaugural ISSMA Open Class Marching Competition and performed at Lucas Oil Field for their efforts. Adams Central HS led by Mike Satterthwaite finished 5th in Class D ISSMA State Finals. Norwell HS led by Cory Kelley finished 5th in Class C ISSMA State Finals. A very special congratulations goes out to Diane Moellering of Concordia Lutheran HS (Ft Wayne). Their marching band were crowned Class C State Champions! Angola HS led by Kevin Fogle finished in 8th place in class C, at ISSMA State Finals. Dekalb HS led by Terry Fisher finished in 7th place in Class B, at ISSMA State Finals. Jim Keranen and Kaleb Chamberlin at Mishawaka HS had their rock band composed of all teachers perform at the homecoming pep assembly. Jim performed on electric bass and Kaleb played drums. Congratulations on Marching bands making State this year! Bryan Ames and Lisa Wallyn Plymouth HS, Andrew Muth and Scott Lehman Fairfield and Eric Criss and Maureen Gray Northwood. Interesting fact: Scott Lehman band director at New Paris and Millersburg

visited over a dozen countries while in college and taught 2 years in Korea before returning to the Goshen area to teach in the Fairfield School Corporation. The Clinton Prairie HS Marching Band made it to the Semi-State Round in the ISSMA Class D Marching Band State Finals. The band is directed by Jim Bertucci. Kathy Lambright and the Jimtown Marching Band received a Gold Rating at the ISSMA Festival Marching Band Competition at Jackson Field. Congratulations to Scott Spradling and the Concord Marching Minutemen on their performance at this years Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade! C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s t o B r e t Winternheimer, Kevin Lewis, and the Munster HS Marching Band on their Eighth Place Finish in Class B at the ISSMA Marching Band State Finals. Way to go! Congratulations to Katelyn Haddaway, a student of Mark Danielson’s at Merrillville HS selected to participate in the All American High School Marching Band which performed at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in NYC. Congratulations to directors Scott Spradling, Steve Peterson, Bryan Golden, Ben Runkel, Cameron Bradley, and the Concord Marching Minutemen on their Runner-Up finish at the ISSMA Marching Band finals. Congratulations to directors Tom Cox, Max Mault, Josh Kaufman, and the Goshen HS Crimson Marching Band on their 9th place finish at the ISSMA Marching Band finals. The Discovery MS Band under the direction of Murray Weaver, has been selected for the State Level Recognition in the Mark of Excellence/National Wind Band Honors project for 2013 by T h e F o u n d a t i o n f o r M u s i c Education. Adjudicators for the award are John Bourgeois, Eugene Corporon, and Kraig Williams.

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Dan Hough is our percussion specialist in Ft Wayne. A former percussionist and drum major with The Cavaliers Drum & Bugle Corps, he often consults with various high school bands and conducts Drum Major workshops. Dan specializes helping directors make wise choices for the percussion needs...and golf!

As I write this, “Snowmegeddon” is upon us. The buzz word seems to be “Arctic Vortex”, so now I feel like I’m in a George Lucas film. Enough about he weather though, let’s talk drums! Solo & Ensemble, Competitive Winter Percussion, Drum Heads, and Hearing protection from Etymotic: “You said WHAT?!?!??!”

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testimonial: Etymotic Ear Plugs When I was about 12 years old, I was advised (me being a drummer) to wear hearing protection. Being at the “age of invincibility”, I blew it off. “When you’re young, we like it loud!” Never mind the future damage I would endure. A wide array of High School Band

activities, rock co ncer t s , and e s p e c i a l l y 4 additional years of Drum Corps drum lines & horn lines, I now “hear” the

effects. My ears always ring slightly, especially in quiet moments. Loud situations can quickly make it much worse. Looking back I wish I had listened, and began to wear ear plugs. I do now on most any occasion. If you’re a Director, and have students p l a y i n g p e r c u s s i o n i n d o o r s , practice rooms, gyms, etc., you OWE it to your kids to educate & encourage them to protect their ears. If not

REQUIRE it! All of that said, we carry a re-usable ear plug from Etymotic. “Ety Plugs”. Easy to use, and re-use. More comfortable than the roll up foam models, and only about $12 bucks! In researching

Etymotic’s other products, I also invested in some of their in ear, noise reducing headphones for my MP3 player. (Awesome, especially when travelling.) Not just for drummers, but all players. I hope you heard me! www.etymotic.com Music: If you’re in Indiana, ISSMA’s required list for percussion was updated this year. There are LOTS of new solos on there, so be sure to check it out! T h e s e d a y s “ R o w L o f f Productions” (www.rowloff.com) has a wide array of solo & ensemble choices. Below are some suggestions for bolstering your current library:

Snare Solos – Rudimental

Cookbook, Progression,

Shazam!, Festival Solos

Quad Solos – Quad Logic,

Modern Multi Tenor Book

Mallets – Impressions on Wood,

Masterworks for Mallets

Solo Snare Sticks:

Vic Firth’s Jeff Queen Solo, or IP’s McIntosh Arena

Solo Tenor

Sticks: Pro Mark Vega, or IP’s Tim

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REMEMBER…….Just because the drum heads on your equipment are not broken, does NOT mean they don’t need to be replaced! Heads can have a pretty long shelf life, but there is a limit. Once the mylar loses it’s elasticity, tuning is almost impossible. If you have wisely invested in quality equipment, be sure to maximize it’s potential for quality sound. A new snare head, or new timpani heads, can make a HUGE difference in sound quality, as well as ease of tuning.

WGI – IPA Winter Percussion As I mentioned before, the competitive winter percussion season is upon us. Many may ask “what’s the big deal”, or “Marching band is over!”. This activity can provide a wide array of new opportunities. I realize it’s not for all programs….if you already have a laundry list of activities then continue on, business as usual. On the other

hand, if you have a difficult time holding on to membership numbers, can at least moderately fundraise, and have ample rehearsal space available, you might give it a try! You may be surprised at how many students would jump at the chance. You do have to evaluate your equipment, and understand you are adding an additional “season” to their wear and tear. But, the benefits to your students can yield a tremendous amount of participation and support. Even outside of your percussion section! (Just don’t forget the Ear Plugs!)

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